1957 Joan Sutherland as Madame Herz

Here's a rarity for you: Sutherland's only assumption of Madame Herz. This video includes only the numbers in which Sutherland sings. Originally, the excellent Rita Streich was set to sing the top notes in the trio, but withdrew due to illness, thus giving us the only recorded live Sutherland F6.

I'm inordinately proud of this one, as I was able to remove a distracting whirring sound from the recording without damaging the music. Be sure to check out the utterly delightful trio. Well, the whole thing is delightful. Here's the track listing:

0:00 No. 1 Aria - Da schlägt die Abschiedsstunde
4:30 No. 3 Trio - Ich bin die erste Sängerin
10:31 No. 4 Finale - Jeder Künstler strebt nach Ehre

Der Schauspieldirektor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Madame Herz ... Joan Sutherland
Mademoiselle Silberklang ... Naida Labay
Herr Vogelsang ... Alexander Young
Herr Buff ... Gwyn Griffith
Herr Frank ... Peter Lagger

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Bryan Balkwill

Glyndebourne, July 7, 1957

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